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The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-09-03
MuNEoRDSYlLLE.

Sept. Is, Bragg cavalry had reached Nun
lordSville under command Of Gen. J. r.
Chalmers. AT Munfordsvillr, .n Green river,
was a Federal garrison little over 1900
strong, under Col. j. T. Wilder 1t was
stationed at the bridge where the Louisville
and Nashville railway crossed. After the
Confederate artillery and infantry had ar-
rived Brass called on Wilder to surrender.
The demand was refused.
Probably as singular an incident as ever
took place in the annals Of war happened
here. On Sept IA, Bragg assaulted and
was repulsed. Sept. 15, Bragg again de-
manded surrender, and was second time
refused The Confederates withdrew then,
but reappeared third time in force. Bragg
sent flag of truce to the garrison, however,
calling for its surrender in the name Of hu-
manity He had his whole army around
them, he declared, and if he was forced to
attack again it would be useless shedding
Of blood, for the garrison was doomed at all
hazard. The little Union garrison held
council of war. 1t was determined not to
surrender unless the commanding officer Of
the garrison was permitted to make per-
sonal inspection Of Braggs camp, to prove
the truth Of his statement. This was the
mander. Strangely enough the offer was &C.
cepted by Bragg, and Col Wilder went in
person and was escorted through the Confed-
crate quarters the evening of Sept. 49, He
found an army of 25,OOO men, with IS pieces
of artillery, against his handful of less than
1000. He decided that further resistance was
useless, and surrendered Munfordsville, with
the honors Of war, to Bragg, Sept. H. There
had been bloody fighting during the four
days. The flag of the Fifty-seventh Indiana
was cut down after having 146 bullet holes
shot throushit. TNilder's resistance had been
gallant and stubborn one. A raw recruit
Of the Seventeenth Indiana, printer, sat at
an embrasure and with his own hands fred
over 500 shots. His comrades loaded for
him.
Newspaper letters of the time say that
Bragg remarked to Wilder after the sur
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-09-03

pare to attack the Federal army in flank and
rear, while iSirby Smith should attack in
front.
Polk decided not to obey the order, but to
follow his original instructions to slowly
retire to Bryamtville Bragg then counter
nnlded tho order to attack that he had given
tn Smith.
During the last of September and first days
OF October, Bragss army had been success
fully and rapidly accommodating the Spoils of
war. Cattle, horses, swine and mules were
seized without stint by Confederate dctncl-
mcnts i'll various parts of the interior. At
Frankfort II cloth factory was looted, and
l,0O0,0O0 yards of the famous Kentucky
hnttcrnut jeans We're taken. In some in
stances Confederate scrip was offered in pay
mcnt for property seized.
Bragg had issued II proclamation to the
kentuckians OH entering the interior of the
state, i'll which lie had said he must have tho
supplies of war wlcrcwth to lbcrate them
from the northern invader. To the lutlies he
sail with poetic enthusiasm:
Buckle OH the ;trilor of your kindred, your
husbands, sons and brothers, and scoff with
shame him who would provo recrcnnt to you,
his country and his God"
The supplies of war; had been nccumu-
lating at Lexington. Bragg ordered suiii-
ricnt quantity sent to Polk ut Bryantsvillc,
and Oct. Z ordered Polk himself to march to
lcrryvillr, Ky, with Chcnthnm's division.
He Was further to attack the Union army,
rrout it, and then join Kirby Smith at Frank
ford
Bishop Lconidas Polk, of Louisiana, OH the
outbreak of the civil war, threw away his
pri"stly cassock and donned the Confederate
fighting gray. He had, however, bccn n
soldier before becoming bishop. having
been graduated at West Point in 1877 He
was born ut Raleigh, N. G., in sOG. Ho was
one of the most able and Jealous of tho minor
Confederate generals Wherever fighting
was, there Bishop Polk was. lIo always de,
carcd, however, that when the war was over
he would go back and be bishop again. A
British officer who knew him in the army
wrote of the Confederate soldier bishop: "Ho
is very rich, and, am told, owns 700 nc
groes."
Cen Polk commanded division ut Shiloh,
and corps at Chickamauga His sense of
his own dignity and Importance sometimes
led him to disobey his superior officers, as he
did Bragg in Kentucky. For such disobe-
dience Mt Chickamausa lie was put under ar-
rest, but was afterwards restored to COM
nand. He was with Johnston's army bcforc
Atlanta, in june, lNGl, where n cannon shot
from the Federal lines ended his career both
military and theological Bishop Polk was
man of imposing presence.
Oct. ., lSG3, Blaggs and Bucll's armies
knocked heads together mt last and fought tho
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-09-03
BATTLE oE RICHMOND.

Gen. NJ. ID. Mlllson WAS near Richmond,
Ky, with n small force, which had been con-
si,erablv increased through tho patriotic ex-
ertions Of Gen. Lew Wallace, of Indiana.
Tie appearance of Kirby Smith before
Richmond carried CONSERVATION into tho
heart of Kentucky. Frankfort, tho capital,
was only fifty miles distant. With the lesis-
lature i'll session, that body hastily adjourned
to Louisville. The state records were also ru-
morc;l tltiicr, with a million dollars of
moHoy from the bank ii, this region.
Gen. Mansons t:rH,.si had been attacked by
Eirl.y S'.il'- advance at Big Hill Aug.
-: AMI rctreatcl 10 Richmond. Here
Manson w;!s re-, ,!:":"ul ly :, nulbc. of
newly orga,iiz- r..'u'".;s frol.. Oip, I1"n-
III ky al I1';;,ili. TIL, was Just after
President H. .an'' call for "Coo,o more"
alnl Ne ..tr.. w:'s; .i.!.sl will, TIE c.ili,s
"f the e. ',!l t,,!l.;. el's. 1hc ir.w regiments
u%'!'r c!;.:is,ti i..:dit rev now 10 form, u
line Of hG:i il w.r, Ignorant. of the first
principles al i.l ovoutions. l',a oaiac.s
We're, for til" n;'ia .it, as green rs Ia" ,.cn
Thcs" raw, ulpt iced troops wclr. I . n,ott
OIL tna i.li ~ i. l.li!onG 1hn C,'ii.,'jc!at..
veterans of .5hi!o..,. ;;Ee other ii.Y,.; ,..4
such headers a' Kirby Smith nrl Gen Pat
Ci"bulne,
1iHF. -, islri': Slhlth cam" "n ANA offered
Ha He .'in son advanced To meet hi:A and
drove hiin back to R'.sc:s.iiir, two mis-
from lli''llmrGd. Hero N,r.son cHca;Huc +
1lln l,i.,:. 'hnt is~all"! In ba q Of III H.
m!onl i'"'s i'.are iaZt day, Aug. 80.
Tie ii5l!tH5 logan anew ".i the morning
of Til; lay. Manson and Brig G.1, craft,
who lt;, Ills, insui>ie.l hins II at Dpmel.on
nlVane'dto meet the Tolerate attack
heavy ,,1.;,rr ,,.i,, mil, .,n.l,.
R".,e;' vile, til" tlion troops wcrc routed
with li'avy loss. in thc action lie. ii ri.".l-
ant colonel and nn'i'i If ti: .;svo.ity-tiljt
Indiana w.rr kill! J, having tlias T. .;inl, II
without 1t fiel ot.i',.r
l. II. -
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COMMON ERRORS CORRECTED.
Exaggerated Notions Which Even scien.
tific Observers Have Indorsed

tluc observers IiaHe lndOrSeu.
Ignorant folk, wondermongers and even
scientific, observers have disseminated many
erroneous and exaggerated notions which are
not readily eradicated. We ure still told. for
instance, of the Norwegian maelstlom, q
frishtful whirling chasm in the sea capable
of sucking down the largest ships, though in
reality this fearful whirlpool" is simIly a
run of the tide through slopng channel is
rarely dangerous, and then chiefly on &c unit
of the rocks on which it may draw vessels.
Sir John Herschel gave his Endorsement to
the statement that stars may be seen in the
daytime from the bottom of well. but this
has been proven to he an error by tests from
a shaft nearly half n mile deep.
Mr. John Murdoch has recently shown that
the Esimos do not, as text books of ply
siology affirm, doze through their long winter
night, keeping up their bodily heat by enor
nous meals of raw biubhcr and lamp oil, hut
that their winter life is active, their food
mostly cooked and their consumption of Gl
hot excessive. y still widely accepted teliet
is that the hair snake is a wonderful trans
formation of horses hair when kept in
water, though these odd creatures known to
science rs Gordius aquaticus) really grow
from eggs, and in early stages inhabit the
bodies OF insects. A very Old Idea. without
foundation in fact, is that crocodiles shed
mournful tears while stories of toads I'M.
prisonel in solid rock are numerous and sup
ported 10y much evidence, but have probably
resulted from imperfect observation
Accounts of the termination of grain from
the mummy pits of Egypt have arisen from
deception practiced by the Arabs in placing
fresh seeds with the belongings of the num-
mics. Though now known to be Incorrect,
tho inference that the moon Influences the
weather Is a very natural one to unframed
observers, and Is far less absurd than thou
sand vnSnrirs that gam credence such as tho
dropping of live reptiles from the clouds, the
election of live snakes and other creatures
from the human stomach, the localzation Of
water by Il forked stick, the cxtinguishment
of fire by sunshine, ctc.--Arkansaw Traveller.
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OF poor parents. Tie
encyclopedias say
that in his early
youth lie worked at
road making" which
statement is not rs
clear as one could
wish. At any rate.
he was self educated
and studied law, and
never went to West
Point. He won q high
place as q criminal
lawyer at Louisville.
He took the Union
side in 1861, and
raised two regiments
In Kentucky, but was
nhltuaA t0 r,,ort,,
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-09-03

dee came on to the attack with 10000 men.
the divisions of Cheatham, Buckner and s.
r. Anderson. The Maxvillo road crossed
Doctors Fork Immediately in front of the
Federal line. and this was the point tho Con.
federates aimed at.
The Confederates attacked first the extreme
left under Terrell. There was strong fro
and Terrell's raw recruits wavere,l. Their
division commander, Cen James S. Jackson.
rode gallantly to the front to rally them. In
u moment q fragment of shell struck him in
the breast and he fell from his horse dead in
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-09-03

Kirby Smith was n
n West Point gra,lu-
ate of lSi5. He was
in the Mexican war,
and was assistant
professor of mathc-
matics at West Point
for n time. He re-
mained in the nited
States army till 1851.
and then Joined the
southern army. He
was at Stone River.
and continued in the
service till the close
of the war. He sur
ren,lcrcdto Gen. Can
by, at Baton Rouge.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-09-03

re a c h cd Louis
vile, Sept. 20, n
tragic event hap
pcned then which
threw the whole
city into excite
ment. This was the
fatal shooting of
Con. William Mel
son by Brig. Gen.
jeff. c. Davis, OF
Indiana, i'll aquar-
rel.
Gen. Nelson was
born in Mnyssillc,
Kentucky, i'll 1925.
vI- 1SEi H., lY
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-09-03
That is Why we Mourn.

The old composers We're no. il,iolcnt, hut
they had very treacleroi,s memories. There
has not been year during the past quarter
of century tia: the manuscript OF All opera
by some noted and long deceased composer
has not been discovered. 1t is supposed tho
author stuffed it away in the pigeon hole of
his desk and forgot it.-NorristoSh Herald.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-09-03

by young Kell-
tucky recruits,
and his whole
forco i'll tho state
now amounted to
not far from 65,-
GOO men. Imnle-
diatcly on hearing
of B uell's APP
proach, Bragg g
wrote to Polk to
come ut once to
Frankfort, by way
of Bloom field.
Bragg looked fora
battle with Buell..
pnll- ,,.,c to ,,,.r
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-09-03
GEN. BUELL..

mace commander of tn" army OF tho Ohio. lie
was mustered ont Of the volunteer service in
1854 md rcsi:.:r Il from til" REGULAR army in lsG,
II" is Row ;.rcSi,lcnt i'll Louisville.
III .iar:at Gen. Eucli had been under tine
mli;s~ p:I t.int Hra". meant to move against
N&-lvi:lr. the FEDERAL commander ha,l ac-
r,m,i,agv concentrated his main army Mt
Murfi"a hnro. Enriy in September hr he
cH!ir av;,:.,' Int IL e'e-':. movements meant
lirr invasion of E"n.u':;y and the north
!h";";ipon. Sept. Z, hc sci his army in mo-
lion inr Louisville. it has been already
"c..i"ncl 'hat this city va, Bragg's object
~" po:!:: Hl-". Tho second raco between
i;ra.: and lUcil legan therefore.
Nil Gg. E:ai'r. Etrls opponent, was n West
:'n.i c;.,',l3;t he class Of 1881. He WAS a
,,yf;h Clgol4,ln. Gui was thrc. years older than
La i! Like most prominent officers on both the
Lninn and Confederate Sides. BRAGG had served
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-09-03

nails. Senator j. j.
Crittenden held in
his time the highest
political offices lis
state could give him.
He was an ardent
Union man when the
war began. He had
two sons, Thomas l..
and George B.
Thomas entered the
Union army, George
b. tn" Confederate,
and both rose to DO
generals. Thomas
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-09-03
HOW THEY ARE MADE.

SLOW are they nader was asked.
"Ife tube is blown to tho size wanted, tho
top being left open. The bulb is then heated
to cHpcl the air, and while heated the open
end is inserted into some mercury. AS the
tube coos the mercury runs into the vacuum.
The open end is then scaled and the tube
placed on a scale. Then it Is placed in water
of Il known temperature and the point to
which the mercury rises is marked. Several
tests like this are made before the instrument
is offered for sale"
"fiow are the thermometers proved to be
accurate:'
"Tlcre is a place ut Harvard college for
testing them. They are carefully examined
atdilierent temperatures and any variation
is marked. A certificate is given with every
instrument that is examined"
(which scale do you think is the best!"
"The centgrade is the one think should
be generally adopted. For the use of brew
ers there is a thermometer about three feet
long, with n bulb about two feet in length
The scale Of this is short, and is only marked
for few degrees above freezing point. An
other odd instrument is of English make and
can be read in the dark The tube is filled
WIKI a green composition and contains phos-
phorus. Spirit thermometers are used for
very cold climates, rs mercury congeals at 80
dess. below zero. These cannot be used to
measure extreme heat, as above certain
temperature the liquid expands too fast; it
boils at 100 degs For very high tempera-
t"res the pyrometer takes the place of the
thermometer. The heat is measured by the
expansion of metals, and will accurately
register up to 100 degs. Febrile thermom-
etei's, for the use of physicians, are very care
fully made and certificate is sold with them
indicating their variations from perfect ac-
curacy. New York Mail and Express.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-09-03
Photography in the Navy.

Photographic outfits are being placed on
board all United States men of war with the
purpose of Illustrating dispatches. All points
of value in navigation are to be photographed
and the pictures are to be preserved for
reference at the navy department. The
officers are encouraged to qualify themselves
Us sphotosraphers.-Bos Transcript.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-09-03
Accumulation of Bonds.

An observing Washington gentleman has
been examining therecords and finds that the
accumulation of government bonds is becom-
ing marked Interest checks are now sent to
5000 persons, whereas not long ago Go000
checks were issued on the same amount. Tho
concentration of holdings in large cities Is
also noticeable brooklyn Eagle.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-09-03

in tho Mexican war. liz. lad as" served in the
Seminole" ~ar. He resigned frpa t..n r'-.ilar
army and was Elartcrn in l.oui;Gnn in ~ when
he was aii",ihtcd Il C"nted rate hr:niicr
general. In February. 1fG,, hr was made
maicr general: lfc to". was cn..ccd
krn'ir',, l;c t''':ht :nSccra;S e: :" r'r"rsboro
and d';".'' h;.i II Clr@'::na'L;, .'is military
career i.u i,' rMc., ri to i:.' - Of Mission
Eid-", =, W'lcr" hn was d.. u i..". by q rant
Gen. l;.,';s: os: at Calves; -. t.. in l',G
S'it''l WE thr tNn l:',;' w!r "rr" I" tr,
aini. .r'~. I"t'.t". ,oo'n.i.YtA",r racin. powers
s'it & ~ II ';e i:.i G:,..i.::: ah.ty.
Beg: nlerrd kr!.;u k. S.i,. ) with over
10000 inca. He thu, ..a ~" lays the
start of li:,i.
This September, while t!ir famous county
fairs talk" par" Mt Richmond. Lexington,
Cyntha1a aud Paris, with their display OF
fleet horses, shining Jerseys nHd short horned
cattle a!h beautiful women, some gray
boards doubtless remember that twenty-five
years ago, this month, l!lcr" were vcr" few
county fairs i'll the nia as':ient l'lnr Grass
region They were broken up by the tramp
of armies, the HIS Of bursting shells md the
thunderous sound of artillery
1t was Bueil's concentration IT his army at
Murfrecsboro that gave Bragg free scope to
start where lie would ,nnolcs,c,l.
Sept. 4 Buell. started after him with
nearly GO,000 men. lie meant I" overtake
Bragg anil force him to battle Ills divi
sion commanders were Gens .l,,::l, n, ThoS.
J.. Crittenlen, Alex McDow,, McCook
Wood. Rousseau and Robt e. Mitchell He
crossed the Cumberland at .;;shvlIr on
his road north, and left there three divisions
under thomas as n garrison.
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=. !-li>ti WIS !.!Ileti
GEN JOHN II. ""t'AS, LIZ csl. WA.
CORTLAND Pi'enti"o. o!ir Il Basil ion'pi iii
GERS aud son Of tioor :, j, !'i.lt..,. If III.
Louisville Journal. Tue Ci.nl ;;.,i', ol..r-
ual.v notice in The Journal ot l.'> >rr.r-ioilist
son was a pathetic illustration Il iiie state of
public sentiment i'll Kentucky al tll;, time.
AT Cynthiana the Fc,:era troops were ia
hot pursuit of Morgan. He tiier. I'i'. wiieele,l
and turned soutilward. nlarcil;;l5 through
for the time lie rested on lis well Won laurels
Morgan was we'll to 10 citizen Of Ken
tuckv when the war began. iic was bora
in Huntsville, Ala. in 1875. His picturesque
career ended in 1864. He was >lot dad
while trying to escape capture i'll East Tell
nessec. He died with his boots OH.
During his various raids he destroyed mil.
lions of dollars worth of property.
Mai Cen Don Carlos Buell. at this time COM
mau,ie.i tie United States armies of the depart
mens Of the Ohio After the evacuation of
Corinth by the Confederates i'll May, 1862,
Ala. Haleck at St Louis was Ills superior
Roth t,,e Union and Confederate generals
decided in June that Chattanooga would be a
good point to occupy with their respective
armies 1t would give command Of East
Tennessee. But while Haieck ana Buell.
were debating about the best route to Chat
tanoora. Bragg was already on the way there.
The race for the town between North and
South was won by the South. This vas
only the first of the great racing matches
between Bragg and Buell..
At Chattanooga Bragg prepared his army
to invade Kentucky. He f;rte'l II into three
divisions under Harlee, Leoniias Polk and
E. Kirby Smith, respectively. Kirby Smith
was in command in East Tennessee.
A portion OF tho Union forces under Gen.
Nelson was sent to Murfreesboro to oppose
the Confederts. raider, N. B. Forrest. who
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And at this time Bragg began
The INVASION oE kEN1uck,

THE INVASION OF KENTUCKY.
Kirby Smith had been ordered into Ken
lucky. He left Knoxville, passed rapidly
through gap i'll the Cumberland mountains
and sped northward. He issued u lroclama-
tion among the people us he went, telling
them that every man who fired on his troops
sbnuIl IN. h,urol
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HOOm! ROOM 70 turn rOuntl III, TO Drtothe and be
free,
And grow to be giant-to sail as at sea
With the speed of the wind on a steed with his
name
To the wind-without pathway or route or q rein!
Room! Roomto be free where the white bordered
sea
Blows kiss to q brother as bountless as he:
And to east and to west, to the north and the sun,
Blue skies and brown grasses are welded as one,
And the buffalo comes like cloud on the plain
Pouring on like the tide of storm driven main;
And the lodge of the hunter to friend or to foe
Offers rest, and unquestioned you come or you 20!
My plains of America! Seas of wild land.
From land in the seas with rainlent of foam,
That has reached to the stranger the welcome
Of home,
I turn to YOU, lean to yol lift to Won my hand,
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that he should have forced Bragg to battle
and driven him out of Kentucky. Halleck
at Washington took this view of it and re-
lieved Buell. from command and put Thomas
In his place the last of September. Thomas,
however, demonstrated earnestly against this
and the order was revoked Thomas had not,
at this time, confidence in his own power to
handle large body of troops.
again, with Thomas second, and once moro
began the hunt after Bragg. He had 100, 900
men,
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a moment. A little
later and Gen. Ter
rell was also killed.
The day would
have been lost on
the left only for
Stark w eat hers
brigade. These be-
longcd to Rous-
seau's division, and
with stubborn bra
very they held the
Confetleratcs buck
after Terrell's men
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render: "You havc ruined the best brigade
of my oro,x,n

After Munfordsville, Bragg marched to
Prewitt's Knob, Buell. following him with all
his army. Buell. had sent for Thomas from
Nashville, leaving Negley in command there.
Thomas joined Buell. with the First division
Sept. 90 Buell. prepared to give battle ut
once, but while he did so Bragg's army sud
denly gave him the slip and marched toward
Louisville. They did not go there, however,
but again suddenly changed their course and
marched to Bardstown.
Maj. Gen. Lowell II. Rousseau was one of the
most accomplished officers Of the army of the
Cumberland He was q Kentuckian, born in 1918.
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ABOUT TIIERMOM ETERS.
THE INSTRUMENTS TO WHICH ALL
RUSH IN HOT WEATHER.

The Tubes Frequently Imperfcct-Record
of II Cheap Thermometer-IIow They
Arc Madc-Tho Centigrade-Use of the
Spirit Thermometers.
During the hot spell there is no instrument
that is studied more carefully than tho ther
monetef. Every one wants to know how hot
it is each day, and all continually consult
these little glass tubes These vary some
times several degrees at tho same instant
Said n dealer in thermometers to reporter:
thermometers are very curious instru-
mcnts. Sometimes we find ono that is all
right at certain points and at others it will
be several degrees out Of the way. These
variations arc caused by irregularities in the
tube. The tubes are very frequently impcr.
feet. When the tube is too large, of course,
the registration is several degrees lower than
it should be. Sometimes the tube is too
small, and then the mercury shoots up higher
than it ought to. The tubes have to be sea-
soncd. This takes several months When
glass is new it changes, expands, contracts
and warps almost us badly rs green wood.
Very often, after buying cheap thermom-
eter the customer has brought it back and
said it registered 100 degrees i'll the shade,
when the temperature was only ninety. The
best thermometers are made in London.
These imported thermometers are however,
very expensive. Some very good ones are
made i'll Tins country at New Lebanon, N. Y,
md nt